High-bit-depth and HDR scanning

In this movie, I'd like to discuss the topic of HiBit Depth Scanning.…We are really not going to be working on any images here because it's not necessary.…I just want to address one part of the interface and that's this little icon right here.…We've been working in here throughout the course but we've pretty much been…working in the top half of this. HiBit Depth Scanning means capturing an…image at a high capture bit depth.…For instance, let's talk about what we've done so far, and then talk about what…we could do with the options in terms of bit depth.…

When we captured our 1 bit black and white line art image and we convert it to…vectors, we chose this bit depth: 16 -> 1 Bit.…What this means is that SilverFast captures in 16 bits per pixel of…grayscale, but delivers us 1 bit that is 1 bit black-and-white.…In the continuous tone grayscale image, or in the detail line art image, we…captured 16 bits of grayscale, but when we got done editing it in our…application in SilverFast, we output 8 bits.…

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3/23/2012

In this course, photographer and scanning expert Taz Tally describes how to use the LaserSoft Imaging SilverFast software to scan photos, line art, film negatives, and other printed documents, while getting the highest quality scans possible from your scanner. The course begins with an overview of SilverFast, then takes a task-oriented look at the SilverFast automatic and manual scanning modes, showing numerous scanning projects from start to finish. The course also explores a variety of specialized scanning topics, such as removing color casts and scratches, High Dynamic Range (HDR) scanning, and wet scanning.